More Crime Drama

Things have been unreal on my block ever since yesterday. There's a shrine in front of the victims' house with teddy bears and candles, and people are just standing around watching the cops work the scene. The street is lined with parked cars for blocks. Everyone and their mother came out to enjoy the nice weather and free show.

They had the entire area blocked off all day yesterday processing the scene. Seebs saw them towing a vehicle with a police escort, and every two minutes another car was using our driveway to turn around. News vans went by every now and then, and I even saw one of those bubbleheaded reporter ladies walking around near the yellow tape in an ugly News TV skirt suit.

I couldn't make out much detail of the scene with the naked eye so I used my digital zoom (which can read the frickin' license plates on the cruisers, as it turns out) and took photos instead. I didn't think I could take walking down there to gawp with the rest of them. I guess I secretly feel like my rubbernecking is morally superior or something.

They had officers at the perimeters waving people through and watching for trouble, but since they took the tape down that's probably not happening anymore. Still no arrests. The story keeps getting grislier as details are released, but they swear it was no random slaughter.

Here's the latest report.

We're locking our doors and keeping the blinds drawn. I had trouble sleeping until I brought my hunting knife into bed with me. And even then random noises made me nervous. I'm no coward but the vibe around the neighborhood right now is fucking intense and, well, unreal.

Deleted Painter, but Corel's still borked. The brushes will load, but there's a short freeze of the program that I'm not willing to settle for. No progress on the comic so far today because of the chaos.

I got to hit Como Park with the roomies and play catch for a while, so that's nice. I looked at people's dogs and tried to think of what I'd like to get once I'm ready to adopt.

In other news, I have become absolutely addicted to banana cream pie. HOW can it be so DELICIOUS? It is bananas!

I'll go mess with Corel some more, then hit the sack early I think. Tomorrow's gonna be a big day.